"Why,
that will be better than going to school!"
"But we must not let your own studies be neglected," her mother reminded
her, "so after you have given Estralla a morning lesson each day you and
I will study together and keep up with Grace and Flora. By the way,
Flora was here just before you and your father reached home; she was
very sorry not to see you, and I have asked Flora and Grace to come to
supper to-morrow night."
Sylvia began to think that a world without school was going to be a very
pleasant world after all. She was sure that it would be great fun to
teach Estralla, and to have lessons with her mother was even better than
reciting to pretty Miss Rosalie; and, beside this, her best friends were
coming to supper the next night, so she had many pleasant things to
think of, which was exactly what her mother had planned. Her father had
said that she might ask Grace to go sailing with them in the Butterfly
in a day or two; and now Sylvia resolved to ask if she might not ask
Flora as well, and perhaps Estralla could go, too. So it was no wonder
that she ran up-stairs singing:
"There's a good time coming, It's almost here,"--
greatly to the satisfaction of her father and mother, who had feared
that she would be very unhappy over the school affair. They were sorry
it had happened, but they could not blame Sylvia.
"Oh, Missy Sylvia, here I is," and as Sylvia set her candle on the
table, Estralla stood smiling before her.
"Oh!" exclaimed Sylvia with such surprise that the little darky looked
at her wonderingly.
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